William turner and henry turner



(No Model.)

W. 81; H. TURNER.'

SUSPENDERS.

No. 246,353. Y Patented Aug. 30,1881.

UNITED STATEs PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM TURNER AND HENRY TURNER, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

sUsPENDERs.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 246,353, dated .August 30, 1881.

Application filed March 21, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM TURNER and HENRY TURNER, both of the city and District of Montreal, Province ofQuebec, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pantaloon-Suspenders; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

This invention has reference to further improvements on the invention for which Letters Patent of Canada No. 10,830 were granted to us January 18, A. D. 1880, and Letters Patent of the United States No. 225,082 were granted to us March 2, A. D. 1880, to produce acheaper form of pantaloon-suspenders than the invention patented as aforesaid.

ln the drawings hereunto annexed, similar letters of reference indicatelike parts, and Figure l is a plan of apart of a suspender, showing the change made in our previouslypatented invention, as aforesaid. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the pulley-block.

Letters A are the shoulder-straps, as in the aforesaid patents; and B is the corresponding forked back extension of A, similar to that shown and described in the aforesaid patents, also terminating at its lower ends in every respect in a similar manner. In this case, instead of each extremity (at the back) of the shoulder-straps A and the upper extremity of the fork B being provided with a pulley, the fork B is provided with a pulley-block, C, in which two pulleys, D, are axled or pivoted in any ordinary way.

To the ends of the shoulder-straps are attached, one to each, a clasp, E, each clasp having two sockets, F, of ordinary construction for receiving within them and holding securely the end of the cordsG and H, which will be so adjusted in length that when the pulley-block C is in place and a strain is caused on the shoulder-straps the cords Gand Hwill strain equally upon the respective pulleys D that they pass round. Thus as the user of the suspenders raises one shoulder higher than the other the Suspenders are enabled to accommodate the saine, and yet keep an equal distribution of the weight on each shoulder by the passing or running of the cords G and H through the pulley-block (l.

The object of having two cords is, first, to give a double strength and wearing-surface; and, secondly, and perhaps more importantly, it prevents the shoulderstraps from twisting as much, or getting wrong side up, which they would be very much inclinedl to do if only one of the cords were used. l

What we claim, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

- The combination of the fork B, constructed as described, having a single block, G, said block being provided with sheaves D, as described, with the shoulder-straps A, provided with cords G and H, the whole constructed, arranged, and operated as and for the purposes set forth.

VILLIAM TURNER. HENRY TURNER.

Witnesses:

J oHN K. ANDREWS, LoUIs DIGKY. 

